NATURAL GOURMET

Cool off this summer with this oh-so-simple seasonal treat stone fruit clafoutis

Clafoutis (pronounced cluh-foo-tee) is a French custard dish traditionally made with black cherries. Let that sink in for a minute. (Just writing the words “French custard” and “black cherries” in the same sentence made my mouth water.)

The authentic French recipe consists primarily of egg, heavy cream, white fl our, and sugar. I’m fi ne with the egg and cream, but fl our and sugar are hard to recommend in a column that has the word “healthy” in the title. And while I personally do well with certain dairy foods (i.e. raw milk), many people don’t, so Chef Jeannette swapped out the original cream for a far-less allergenic full-fat coconut milk. She also dumped the white/wheat fl our and replaced it with almond and coconut.

The recipe calls for just a small amount of clean sweetener such as rice syrup, maple syrup, or cold-pressed honey, but feel free to reduce the amount or use stevia instead. (There are some really good organic stevias on the market and they’re not expensive.) This dish might not be quite as smooth and creamy as the original French, but it’s a dessert for the times—delicious, satisfying, and seasonal, with a decent amount of protein, good fat, and fi ber. Works for me! – Dr. Jonny

FEATURED INGREDIENT: Eggs Eggs—whole eggs, complete with that rich yellow yolk—are one of the most complete and healthy foods ever to appear on planet Earth. So why is there so much objection to eggs among our mainstream medical brethren? The simple answer is this: cholesterol.

The big rap against eggs has been that they contain cholesterol—but that’s turning out to be like demonizing blueberries because they’re blue. Dietary cholesterol doesn’t do anything “bad” to you—if you didn’t eat it, your liver would simply make more of it. Your body makes cholesterol in every single cell, and without it you’d die. The fact that this perfect food contains cholesterol is irrelevant to your health.

On the nutrition side, egg yolks boast healthy doses of lutein and zeaxanthin, the superstar carotenoids of eye nutrition. The yolk also contains choline, which turns into acetylcholine, a prime neurotransmitter in your brain that’s needed for memory, thinking, and mood. That’s why your grandmother rightfully called eggs “brain food.”

For a paltry 75 or so calories, an egg gives you 7 grams of protein plus a decent amount of iron, other minerals, and vitamins. It also has 5 grams of perfectly good fat—most of which, contrary to conventional wisdom, is not saturated but monounsaturated, the same kind of healthy fat found in olive oil.

I always recommend eggs from a local farm, or at the very least eggs from hens not raised in cages but free to roam on pasture. The only thing wrong with eggs from factory farms is that they’re likely to contain traces of all the junk fed to chickens raised in battery cages.

Cook them in grass-fed butter, grass-fed ghee, Malaysian palm oil, coconut oil, or even extra-virgin olive oil if you keep the heat under 200°F.

NOTES FROM THE CLEAN FOOD COACH This dish works well with all stone fruits in the summer, but it’s particularly delicious with fresh, ripe plums. In the fall and winter, you can switch to thinly sliced apples and pears.

Almond Peach Clafoutis Serves 6

2 tsp. pastured butter or coconut oil, room temperature 3 eggs ¼ cup rice syrup, pure maple syrup, or honey 1 cup full-fat coconut milk or cream, canned 1 tsp. almond extract 1 tsp. vanilla extract ¼ cup almond flour ¼ cup coconut flour, sifted ¼ tsp. salt 1 lb. sliced peaches, fresh or frozen, thawed, and well-drained, skins optional 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously grease bottom and sides of 8x8-inch baking pan with butter or coconut oil, and set aside.

2. Beat eggs in mixer until frothy. Add sweetener, cream, and extracts, and beat until well blended and smooth. Add flours and salt, and beat on low until well incorporated.

3. Arrange peaches to cover bottom of prepared dish and pour batter gently and evenly over top. Bake 30–35 minutes until custard is firm and top is a light, toasty golden. Rest at least 5 minutes before serving.

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